History of Born Free Foundation
According to the Born Free Foundation fact book, Gorillas include monkeys, apes and humans. Are you confused? Don’t develop a stereotype that animals are not the same as humans (Source)1. One day you will be proved wrong! To prove one’s thoughts about animals wrong, The Non - Governmental Organisation (NGO) called Born Free Foundation (BFF) is taking action worldwide to save lives and to stop the suffering of animals. They also, rescue individuals and protect the species.The NGO was established in 1984 by Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna (Source)2. Actually, there is a unique and very special history behind BFF’s charity. Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna travelled to Kenya for the film “Born Free”. This film was made based on the book ‘Born Free’.In the film there was a real story of a lioness named Elsa, which is indeed a true story. The film shows a story of two people who fight for the Lioness. (Source)3. Unlike other NGO’s, the idea of setting up an NGO came up after watching the movie. Indeed, the movie captured the attention of public as much as it could and changed the mentality of people towards Lions.. A foundation called BFF works for saving species of animals and has come up to this huge extent due to support of one’s who have supported them.
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